Re: Gender classes, which to use?

Eric Christopherson wrote:

> > This is extent to almost any (or any) proffesion then
> >   La presidenta, from el presidente, older form: la presidente
> >   La juez, from el juez, older form: la juez
>
> I thought I read that feminine forms of -e nouns (such as presidenta)
> are only used in some American dialects.
That was my belief too, until academic people begun to correct newspaper =
articles
for using the femenine forms.  I'm not quite sure which is the official
pronouncement of La Real Academia de la Lengua Espa=F1ola.

-- Carlos Th